Assessment/Accountability
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System

March 2008 MCAS Retest Administration Resources

Practice Tests

	Grade 10 Practice Test (ELA Reading Comprehension)
	Grade 10 Practice Test (Mathematics)
	Grade 10 Practice Test (Mathematics) Spanish

Administration Manuals

	Principal's Administration Manual: Retest March 2008 [PDF=1.3MB]
	Test Administrator's Manual: Retest March 2008 (ELA Reading Comprehension, Mathematics)

Additional Policies/Resources

	Complete List of Test Materials (For Use When Inventorying March Retest Materials)"
	Approved Bilingual Dictionaries for Use on MCAS Tests by LEP Students - Updated February 2007
	User's Guide to the Typed Response Upload System

Sample Letters and Forms

Sample Letter to Employers

	Sample Non-Participation Letter   -- Select PDF Version in English or Other Language -- English Cape Verdean Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) French Haitian Creole Khmer Portugese Russian Spanish Vietnamese   -- Select Word Version in English or Other Language -- English Cape Verdean Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) French Haitian Creole Khmer Portugese Russian Spanish Vietnamese
	Sample Non-Participation Form   -- Select PDF Version in English or Other Language -- English Cape Verdean Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) French Haitian Creole Khmer Portugese Russian Spanish Vietnamese   -- Select Word Version in English or Other Language -- English Cape Verdean Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) French Haitian Creole Khmer Portugese Russian Spanish Vietnamese

This parent/guardian letter and MCAS Retest Non-Participation Form, in English and nine other languages, are provided for guidance counselors to use when meeting with parents/guardians of students who have not yet earned a scaled score of at least 220 on the MCAS English Language Arts and/or Mathematics test or retest. If students do not wish to participate in the retest opportunity, and the parents/guardians agree, guidance counselors are encouraged to obtain their signatures on this form to document that the opportunity was offered and refused.